Amusement device.



PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

A. DALTON.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

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NTED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

AIVIUSENIENT DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application led September 6, 1905. Serial No. 277,202.

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acter specified consist usually of a revolving framework on which ismounted a plurality of animals, sleds, boats, or similar devices toreceive persons who are seeking amusement. ln addition to the revolvingmotion of the framework it is desirable also to secure an upand-downmotion of the animals, boats, or` the like. In merry-go-rounds thisup-anddown motion has been secured in various ways, such as by the useof eccentrics, cranks, and the like; but the objection to such forms ofdevices is that they are too expensive and are subjected to great strainand wear, so that their efficiency is quickly impaired.

' In the so-calledv raZzle-dazzles, which consist usually of a ringsuspended from a center support by means of ropes, rods, or cables, itis customary to employ a number of men who walk around the device andimpart to the ring which contains the pleasureseekers a combined rotaryand up-and-down movement by means of drag-ropes. The objection of thisform of device is that it is eX- pensive on account of the excessiveamount of manual labor involved.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofamusement devices of the character indicated in such manner as to avoidthe use of intricate machinery and to dispense with the employment ofmen for imparting a gyratory or combinedrotary and up-and down movementto the platform of the amusement device.

VVith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed as a practical embodiment thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurel is a side elevation of an amusement device constructed in accordancewith the invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view, partly in section, withthe boats not shown. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 4 is aside elevation of the supporting member. Fig. 5 is a plan view of theconstruction illustrated in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is an end view of one of thesliding brackets. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of one of the slidinbrackets, partly broken away.

Like reference -numerals indicate corresponding parts in the differentfigures of the drawings.

The reference-numeral 1 indicates a suitable base on which is mounted abearing member 2. The bearing member 2 is braced in any suitable manner,such as by means of rods 3. Formed upon the supporting member 2, abovethe brace-rods 3, is a collar 4, having a rounded upper end. Surroundingthe supporting member 2 and resting upon the collar 4 is a hub 5, whichis formed with a round opening 6 in its lower portion to receive thecollar 4 and permit the hub to have a wabbling or gyratory movementthereon.

The means for imparting a wabbling or gyratory movement to the hub 5 asit rotates upon the supporting member 2 preferably comprises a pair ofrollers 7 and 8, which are journaled between suitable lugs 9 upon thesupporting member 2. The hub 5 above the collar 4 is formed with afiared or irregular bore having a plurality of concavities, such as 10.As the hub 5 is rotated upon the supporting member in the mannerhereinafter described the stationary rollers 7 and 8 move into and outof the concavities 10, so as to iinpart a wabbling motion to the hub 5,as indicated in Fig. 4.

The hub 5, as indicated in Fig. 5, is formed y eXteriorly with aplurality of pairs of parallel shoulders, such as 11 11, 12 12, and 1313, which are arranged at different horizontal levels, although the twoparallel shoulders of each pair are in the saine horizontal plane.

Secured to the shoulders of the hub 5 in any suitable manner areparallel pairs of supporting-beams 14 14, 15 15, and 16 16, which lOOcross each other at suitable angles, as shown clearly in Fig. 3. Byforming the hub 5'with pairs of parallel shoulders arranged vatdifferent levels the supporting-beams can be compactly interlaced, asshown in Fig. 3, so as to form a strong rigid structure. As indicated inFig. 2, the ends of the lower parallel beams 16 are bent upward, and theends of the upper parallel beams 14 are bent downward, so that the endsof all the beams terminate 1n the same horizontal plane. The structureformed by the supporting-beams 14, 15, and 16, which is to be given acombined rotary and wabbling movement in the manner hereinafterdescribed, is provided with any suitable receptacles for amusementseekerssuch, for example, as boats 23, having sails, as indicated inFig. 1. In some cases it may be possible to operate the structurethrough the action of the wind; but it is generally preferred to operatethe same by the mechanical means hereinafter described. It will beunderstood that the invention contemplates the use of other devices thanboats whenever desirable.

The means by which the structure carrying the boats or other devices isrotated preferably comprises a shaft 25,which extends upward through thesupporting member 2. At its lower end the shaft 25 is stepped in asuitable socket-piece 26 and is provided with a bevel-gear 27, adaptedto be intermeshed with any suitable bevel-gear 23, mounted upon a,power-shaft operated from any suitable source of power (not shown) andadapted to cause the rotation ofthe shaft 25. It will be understood thatthe gear-wheels 26 and 27 may be moved out of engagement with each otherin any well-known and suitable manner when it is desired that thestructure shall be rotated by the force of the wind. At its upper endthe shaft 25 is provided with suitable lugs or attaching members 30, towhich are secured rods 31, attached at their lower ends to slidingmembers 32, mounted upon the supporting-beamsy 14, 15, and 16, as shownin Figs. 3, 6, and 7. The sliding members 32 preferably are providedwith flanges 33, which hold them in position upon the supporting-beams.,and antifriction-rolls 34, which cause them to slide easily upon thebeams. Mounted upon each of the supporting-beams in advance of thesliding member 32 is a spring bufling member 35, which may be of anysuitable form and construction vadapted to limit the movement of the adjacent sliding members.

Constructed as hereinbefore described the improved amusement device isoperated in the following manner. The shaft 25 is rotated by powerapplied to the gear-wheel 27. Through the medium of the draw-rods 31 therotation of the shaft 25 is transmitted to the frame composed of thesupporting-beams 14, 15, and 16. As the frame is rotated the rollers 7and 8, in conjunction with the cavities' 10, cause the same to gyrate orrise and fall during therotation. During the combined rotary and up and-down movement of the frame the sliding members 32 move upon thesupporting-beams. reaches the limit of its outward movement it strikesagainst the buffing device 35 and serves to limit the tilting of theframe.

The improved device of this invention is strong, simple, durable, andinexpensive in construction, as well as thoroughly efficient in oeration. v

C anges in the precise embodiment of invention illustrated and describedmay be made within the scope of the following claims without departingfrom the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Anamusement device having asupport, a hub mounted for a rotary movement onsaid support, said hub being formed with a plurality of pairs ofshoulders arranged in different planes, and a plurality of pairs ofsupporting-beams resting against said shoulders and crossing each otherat suitable angles.

2. An amusement device having a support, a hub mounted for arotarymovement on'said support, said hub being formed with a plurality ofpairs of shoulders arranged in different planes, and a plurality ofpairs of supporting-beams resting against said shoulders and crossingeach other at suitable angles, the ends of all of said beams terminatingin the same plane. 'i

3. An amusement device comprising a supporting member, a hub mounted fora rotary movement on said supporting member said hub having an irregularbore in the upper portion thereof, a plurality of rollers journaled uponthe supporting member and adapted to engage the walls of the irregularbore for imparting a wabbling motion to the hub, a framework connectedwith the hub, and means for rotating the framework.

4. An amusement device comprising a supporting member, a hub mountedupon the supporting member and having an irregular bore in the upperportion thereof, a plurality of rollers journaled upon the hub and beingadapted to contact with the walls of As each sliding member IOO IIO

the irregular bore for im arting a wabbling motion to the hub, a purality of pairs of shoulders formed upon the hub in different means forrotating the vertical shaft, a plulimit the tilting or Wabbling movementof rality of draw-rods connected With the Vertithe frame formed by thesupporting-beams. 1o cal shaft, a plurality of sliding members upon Intestimony whereof I aliix my signature the supporting-beam, said slidingmembers in presence of tWo Witnesses.

being connected With the draw-rodsJ and a ALFRED DALTON. pluralityofbufng devices upon the support- Witnesses: f ing-beams, said buflingdevices being adapt- GEO. J. WALSH.

ed to eoperate With the sliding member to H. Gr. HOSE.

